Dayna Morales, the New Jersey waitress who posted on Facebook thata customer had left no tip and criticized her gay lifestyle on the receipt, no longer works at the restaurant where the alleged incident occurred and has begun refunding donations she received from supporters.

New Jersey waitress Danya Morales said a couple left no tip and a remark disparaging her lifestyle on the receipt at left. Next to it is the customer copy that the couple showed NBC 4 New York as they denied Morales version of events.NBC 4 New York screen capture

On Saturday, the restaurant, Gallop Asian Bistro, posted on its Facebook page that Morales and the eatery had parted company by mutual consent. Friends and former co-workers told other outlets that Morales had a history of fabricating stories.

An update Sunday on syracuse.com about the situation drew a lot of comments. Here's a selection:

From Tessa Danube: . . . Don't sugar coat that it was a mutual agreement. She was fired. It was clearly a scam and she was caught because she used the wrong receipt in it and the people came forward. She needs to pay back every penny and apologize to the people she scammed for donations. Hopefully she won't do anything like this again, but from the history she seems to have, probably not.

From Ray Langley: Maybe she is a liar and a drama queen, but following the evidence suggests that the customer added the tip and total at a later date. Many people will take the blank credit receipt with them, leaving the signed copy as the official approved charge. If the server lied or not, she still did not get the $18 tip the family claims to have left.

From Reflecting Pool Brief: False "abuse" claims (for sympathy or some other advantage) are extremely, extremely malicious and hurtful because they hurt legitimate causes, they make the "genuinely abused" harder to hear and harder to help, and because they make those who were duped regret that they even cared.
These false claims run the gamut from child abuse, spouse abuse, "I have cancer" claims, false rape claims, to include even the "I am an Iraq War Veteran" false claim. The true, genuine victims of rape or abuse or war are so horribly damaged by this because, although most people will continue to support such causes, they will inevitably become utterly confused as to who the "real" victims are and who the fraud shysters are. Which is why so much money, sympathy and support ends up going to shysters.

From livewithit2: Going by the story, the woman apparently lies for a living. Why is it that everybody here believes what she is saying about her sexual preferences? I wouldn't believe anything she says.

From hastingsmatt: Didn't serve in combat, didn't have cancer and this incident never happened. Ms. Morales, three strikes and you're out. No one will believe you for the rest of your life and you have no one to blame but yourself. You placed sexual orientation above honesty and lost.

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